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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-22
Charles Summers Strength.

The cosmopolitan
Mr. Sumner hardly aware of his enor-
nous strength, it seldom called into
exercise. His books were packed in large boxes
at the end of each session and sent from his
rooms to the Capitol. only to be returned at the
beginning of the next session. These boxes
weighed nearly 500 pounds each. and were diff
cult to handle in passages ard stairways. and so
were accompanied by four men, Once when he
was living at the Rev. Dr. SIMPSONS one of
these heavy boxes got stuck in the stairway.
It could be extricated without damage to the
walls only by lifting it over the banister. The
four men failed to apply their strength to the
most advantage. for they got in each others
way and thus failed to move the box. The
Senator. hated and gloved, ready to 60 out.
came to the stairs.
'Why don't you lift it over the raill" said he.
How can we answered one. You have no
idea of its weight"
'Let me try" said the Senator. and leaning
over the rail he seized the rope beckett at the
end of the box and lifted the latter clear of its
entanglements by one sure pull, splitting his
glove. however, across the back The men were
amazed and ne. little embarrassed. said: II
didn't mean to lift 1t, only to try its weight, "
and then went back for fresh gloves.
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PROFESSOR sEYMoUR's ADVENTURE.
A Savant of Harvard Mistaken for q Luna
tic Escaped from an Asylum.

A Savant of Harvard Mistaken for Luna
Escaped from Asylum.
Hartford Comm Special.
Prof. Arthur Seymour, assistant professor of
botany at Harvard College, had a queer advent
ure on Monday night, at Plainville, dozen
miles from here where he was visiting at the
residence of his cousin. William B. Reynolds.
counted the escape of a lunatc from the retreat
for the insane at Hartford. and rumor that
he had headed toward Plainville or that
vicinity put the Plainy vile people sharp
watch for the man and $50 reward. Monday
evening Professor Seymour. whose personal ap-
pearance not very well known to the resi-
dents. returned to town from afternoon in
ing them at Mr.. Reynods's house, he heard the
whistle of an arriving train at the depot near by.
Remembering that he was to meet Reynolds at
the train. he dropped his specimens, and, not
finding his hat readily. started bareheaded to the
depot. AS he rushed past the village hotel. the
little knot of loungers noticed his furried man.
and the idea struck some one that the
lunatic was within their reach, the pub
lished description, IN fact fitting the
Professor quite accurately. Justice Fox accosted
him at the depot: Friend, you've lost your
hat" Professor Seymour gave no attention to
the apparently foolish remark, and just at that
instant the Professors cousin came around the
corner of the building, with a ladys satchel and
a bundle. Professor Seymour seized one of the
articles, despite the mild reproof of Mr. Rey-
nolds The Professors good -natured insisting
taking the satchsl only confirmed the by
ISLANDERS in the belief that he a dangerous
lunatic. An officer stepped up and seized him.
and refused to release him until Mr.. Reynolds
had personally guaranteed both his identity aud
sanity. The lucky presence of Reynolds alone
saved the Professor frorc q forced journey to an
asylum that night.
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No Charter for the Iron-workers.

PITTsBURG, Aug. 20-The proposed new aa-
ISOLATION of iron and steelworkers. under the
auspices of the knights of Labor, has been off,
cially nipped in the bud. Charles II. Litchman
the general secretary of the Knights of Labor
in a circular letter, over his own signature, sits
down upon the prime movers of this new organi-
cation with both feet. He gives reasons why
the charter will not be granted. After first bit
tery denouncing those who have stated that
General Master Workman Powderly signed the
charter as applied for by the iron-workers, and
that it was in the custody of the general secre-
tary, the circular says in addition. that all
of the assent lies applying for the new charter
are not in good standing that out of the seven
teen assemblies joining in the preliminary
ganiz alton, only three are square with the Cen
eral Assembly. Eleven or these assemblies are
in Pittsbure In closing, it says, that when all
the laws are complied with the charter will be
granted. This is a big disappointment to the
Knights of Labor iron workers of Plttsburg.
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"SEE YOU HOME"


For Five Gents, Both the Boy and His UNI
brelia, When 1t Rains.
New York Times
Not long ago some enterprising -Tew York boy
"a Jay Gould in embryo-dscovered new
source of income. and many boys are
rivals in his line of business. So soon as q rain
for trade, and the nearer to the usual afternoon
hour of arrival of people from downtown,
homeward bound, better STILL these lads will
hasten to the elevated railway stations at and
about Ninety ninth street, in Third avenue. UNI
brellas in hand, and offer to escort ladies' and
gentlemen to their residence. '.See you home
FIVE cents first block!" is their cry, and large
alone, in the rain, take advantage of the offer.
Sometimes at big stations, such those at One
hundred and sixteenth steet and One-hundred
and-twenty-fift street crowds OF passengers fill
the waiting rooms and even the sIairways but
after a few minutes stay in their uncomforta-
BILE situation they grow impatient and accept
the inevitable unless some from home is
of the boys have waterproofs for the ladies, and
some have three or four UNI brellas which patrons
can have Ito keep or return" upon leaving
deposit. People generally look upon the scheme
a a great convenience and accom- odation and
are only too eager to patronize the boys. There
is big range of travel between the two stations
of One-hundred and-sixth and One-hundred-
and-sixteenth streets and between the latter
station and that at One-hundred- and twenty
fifth street. there being intervening stops,
and the boys pick up a good many nickels in
consequence. They generally ask five cents for
the first block, but viii three four for
dime. They are like the Thrd-avenue surface
railroad mon. they find their profit in the
short-trip passengers.
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The Whisky Trust and It's Aims.

special
PEORIA, Ill. Aug 20.-Some of the particulars
in the great whisky trust were given to your
respondent this afternoon. 1t has excited
the greatest curiosity and surprise all over the
sible prominent distiller of this city was inter
viewed No man can tell what anyone else is
securing until he gets into the trust. The doors
are closed. In answer to the query of what the
trust is, the distiller said: cit is to
be the same as the Standard
Oil Company and the Cotton and Oil Trust
upon his house; then a committee is appointed
to examine into it. He turns his property over
to nine trustees. The nine trustees are Adolph
Woolner. J. B. Greenhus and John w. Francis,
Peoria; Warren Corning, Cleveland; VIM. Ho-
bert, T. j. Calf, jr., and Geo. Duckworth Gin
cinnatti, ID. Hennesy, Chicago. and A Beavis,
st. Louis. These nine trustees have formed the
following organization: President. j. 3. Green
hut, Peoria; secretary, Geo. Gibson, Peoria:
treasurer, VIM. Hobart Cincinnati. After
mans distillery has been appraised the owner
turns it over to these nine trustees for
their use for twenty-five years and receives in
lieu thereof trust certificates. In some instances
he receives So in certificates for one dollar of
valuation in others, dollar for dollar, and in
others a less sum. After man turns his prop
erty to the trustees he ceases to operate it.
1t is the intention of the trust to regulate the
production Of whisky that these certificates
will pay from to 10 per cent. The distllers
that have not joined the trust here Bush
Brown, Clark Brothers. the Great Eastern
distillery of Pekin. The capital of the trust
is pretty well up in the millions,
some say high $40 000, 900. Yesterday all the
employees in the houses that in the trust
were told that they must look for their wages to
the trust. as they were longer working for
individuals, but for the trust. Wages will pro-
badly be reduced from 10 tc 20 per cent. at
once. The object of the trust, whose headquar-
tiers are in Peoria, is to convince the distillers
that whisky can be made cheaper in Peoria than
anywhere else 1t is supposed by some mem
brs of the organization that it will tend to a
large amount of Illicit distillaton and traffic in
whisky, it is the aim of the trust to put the
price ND so high that it will. in reality. be bid
for nOlin
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A Morning Mood.

When my ship comes in it will in the NOR ming
With the new day appear, bringing good news to
1 know it will reach me-may come without warn
ing
Sailing silently in from far Ger the sea.
And what will it bring when it comes in the morn.
ingl
All good have sought that was truest and best;
Life askings you know, never denied one;
Lip askings. feeble-will never bear test.
But then weary waiting. you say, the pleasure
And storms frequent and shipwrecks not
few,
No waiting weaken, shpwreck can shatter.
The faith of him who is perfectly true
All comes need it-of pain or of pleasure
Belief in this truth growing strong
Joy in the gadness which outweghs all sadness,
And far in the distance my ship sails along.
Boston Advertiser.
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Great Race at Monmouth Park.

NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-The first race at Mon
mouth Park won by Mona, Cyclops second
Precosia third Time, I:46a
Second Race-Three- quarters of mile
Speciality won; Now or Never second, the Ca
: dence hlly third. Time, I:l82
Third Race-Oue and onehalf mile Lag
gard won: t1renzi second. Hanover third Time
244 The Dryers Brothers publicly declared
they would win with Hanover After one false
start they got the flag and started
with LagRard in the lead, Esouimaux second
Hanover next, and Kingston and Firenzi follow
ing. Hanover moved up they went around
the turn, and was only half length behind
LaRgard, who doggedly made the pace. Esoui-
maux was two lengths behind Hanover Kings
ton and Firenzi tailed close behind AS thew
swung into the stretch. Laggard led bv
half length and Hanover was two lengths
ahead of Esquimaux, who was directly in
front of Kingston and Firenzi. As they
passed the Judges stand, Laggard and Hanover
were nose and nose. Hanover under a pull
which held mis- head high in the air. and there
many ordinations of 'ah. Hanover is
Laegard still in the lead. but just they
reached the quarter-post. Mclaughlin gave
Hanover his head for a moment, when ne
jumped to the front with lead OF a length.
Mclaughlin seemed satisfied that his horse
would answer whenever he called him, for he
pulled him down, and at the stables Laggard
once moro showed in front and headed
Hanover around the upper turn by
a head. Esqeimaux still third. but FireZni
fore AS they swung into the home stretch, and
Firezni was at Hanovers saddle-girth. Then be-
gan one OF the grandest finishes ever seen on "A
race coarse. Side by side almost came Laggard,
Hanover and FirenzL The great Of Hindoo
Was In the center of the track and his enemies
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Scientific.
Rosfo0 TRANSCRIPT,

81 don't know" said Pettigrew, as he put
down his paper, chow Edison expects to save
money by his new electric apparatus. 1t looks
to me as if the increased magnetic attraction en-
sendered by the polarized disk will produce an
incandescent circuit that win bring both poles
of the circuit into negative action"
That's just what l said, responded Snod-
grass, 'swhen first read about it. but see now
that he has one OF those non-magnetic whatdye-
callems connected with that arrangement they
have in dynamos to neutralize the overflow of
much trouble
"Oh," said Pettigrew, ''has he2 That alters
the case"
Then both of them resumed reading their pa
pers and everybod else in tho car was i'm
pressed by the scientific knowledge so lavishly
displayed.
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Couldn,t Resist a Chicago Man.

LONDON, Aug. 20-Collier, of Chicago. has
succeeded in obtaining an appointment for an
audience with the Queen at Osborne House next
week, when he will present the jubilee address
of the Chicago people of British birth and
parentage. Mr.. Golfers success In obtaining an
audience with the Queen is unprecedented, as
her Majesty refused to personally receive over
eight thousand addresses of similar character.
Mr.. Sinclair, a member of the House of Com
mons, who has large business interests in Chi
cago. Cincinnati and Kansas City, presented Mr.
Collier to tn 70 Home Secretary and urged his
case SO forcibly that Mr.. Matthews spared no
efforts to obtain the Queens consent to receive
Mr.. Collier
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Unser Fritz's Visit to France.

Paris Dispatch in London Daily News.
It is telegraphed from London that the med
ical advisers of the German Crown Prince wish
him to try the waters of Cauterets The eli
or even in winter. too cold to try person in
delicate health. The Prince himself would have
no objection stay there. told but
Prince Bismarck and Prince William op-
posed to it. There certainly is strong feeling
of luminosity to Germany here which has been
carefully famed by Russian agents. but the
Prince himself is really the object of kindly re-
gard, and passes for being in favor of a policy
of peace with France. He a singularly mild
and conscientious victor when he was at Yer
sailles, and did whatever he could to mitigate
being insulted here by the ardent
members of the Patriotic League, he would be
received with respect and not without sympa-
thY
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a rio strawboard Pool.

AKRON, O., Aug 20.-Tne Union Strawboard
Company. of the United States. an organization
of straw board manufacturers who produce about
ninety five per cent. of the product of the coun-
try, have just made deal which will result IN
the formation of one of the strongest trusts In
the land. The announcements was made here
to-day that the Akron strawboard works. which
employs $50 men and adds nearly $3.50. 600
year to the wealth of Akron and
rounding country, had sold out to the Union
Strawboard Company and WAS to be shut down
indefinitely. Information was obtained in the
same connection that the syndicate had also
bought out other strawboard plants. Hereto
fore the pool has marketed the product of all
it's members, and it's directors have from time
TO time ordered shut.downs of the various mills
to prevent rapid accumulation OF surplus prod
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Good Gas Well at Spiceland.
SneciaI to tho IudiananoIis journal

SPIcELAND, Ind, Aug. 20.-Last evening
Trenton rock was reached in we'll No. 2, at a
depth of 9OS feet Gas was found on top of the
rock and continued to increase until a distance
of sixteen feet Trenton rock was reached, when
go to the bottom, and the drilling was ordered
stopped The supply Of gas is SO large and the
force 80 strong that the gas company decided it
was not necessary to ''shoot" the well. The
roar of the escaping gas can be heard miles in
the adjacent country, and there is no doubt of
the supply of this well being sufficient for all
the needs of this town. Well No / is sending
forth volume of gas almost, if not entirely.
sufficient to supply the town. Arrangements
will be made at once to pipe the town, and the
fuel and light of the town tho coming winter
will be natural gas
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stolen Property Recovered.

JERSEY CITY. n. j.. Aug. 20-The Jersey City
police received information, last week. that led
them to believe that the property stolen from
the safe of Farchild 81 Co., of New Haven, on
the night of July II last, was secreted in the
house occupied by George Feith, the burglar
rested Aug. 0. Although search had
been made of the premises at the time of
Feith's arrest, two weeks ago, none of the miss
ing property was found. Yesterday detectives
revisited the house and made another search.
Underneath some planks in the alley were indi-
cations of fresh earth. The ground was opened
and rubber bag was found containing all Of the
stolen jewelry, valued at $I2O
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Unknown Man Killed.
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Aug. 2O--The horribly mangled
corpse of a strange man was. early this morning,
found on the track of the Chicago 81 Atlantic
railroad at Laketon, this county. One arm and
both feet were cut off, the head was badly
crushed, and the body was covered with bruises
The remains were attired in a light summer coat
and vest and wooden pantaloons. The body was
evidently that Of a man thirty years of age, and
a memorandum found indicated his home
have been at Bluffton. The coroner held in
quest and returned verdict Of death by being
run down by train.
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A Notable Hail-Storrn.

ATcHIsoN, Kan. Aug. 20-The most terrific
hail-storm that ever occurred in this region
swept yer this city at P. NJ this afternoon.
Hail measuring nine and ten inches in circum-
ference fell. The wind was from the north, and
half the windows In the city on the north side of
the houses broken. The heavy French
plate glass in the lower story of the Daily Cham
pon Building struck by three large hail
stones and broken into hundred pieces. TWEEN
ty or more heavy French plate windows along
Commercial street were broken in a similar man
ner. Nearly every window on the north side of
the Byram House was broken, and several hand
some illuminated windows in the Baptist and
Episcopal churches were destroyed. The loss
in broken glass will aggregate 1000 or $4,000
The storm appears to be general throughout
northern Kansas. The of the incoming pas
senger trains on the Central branch Of the Union
Pacific and the Omaha extension of the Mis-
souri, Pacific had their windows tho north
side broken by the hail. Passengers report the
rain as very heavy. H c. Patchen, printer. was
struck by one OF the haistones and the bridge
of his nose broken. His injuries are very Sc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-22

LOUISVILLE, Aug 90 A three year-old
unknown boy was found near Rockport Ind. in
the river. His head was beaten and crushed
He had evidently been murdered, and Ike Snap
staugh. an Indiana outlaw. was arrested and
confessed the killing It is rumored that there
will oe lynching before morning. Shapstau:h
is also wanted for abductlng two dumb girls
from the Spencer county poor-house and forcing
them to go about the country with him.
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PHILADELPHIA.
NEW YORK.

Esn ae1&'.: ::.S SSS 9Sq 9 S-s
base hits-Mo9uire, oRourke Keefo. Stolen base
Ward. Double ulays-Ferguson. Irwin and Farrar.
guson, Common, o'Rourke, Keefe t2l. First base on
rors-Philadephia. l. New York, 1. Struck out
Wood, Fogarty. Andrews. Casey, Gore, Ward, Rich
ardson. Time-2:40. Umpire-Sulivan.
ATHLETICS, 10; ST. LOUIS. 2.
ST LOUIS, Aug. 90 weighing pitched beau
tiful game to-day, and the Athletics scored
very creditable victory in consequence. He was
splendidy supported by Milligan whose back
stop work and throwing to bases was one of the
best features of the game. The champions
could do nothing with Weyh1ng's delivery,
while, the other hand, King pounded at
will Boyle, who has caught forty-three sue
cessive games, complained OF a sore hand in the
fourth inning, and Latham went behind the bat.
Boyle has done great work during Bushong's
enforced absence. and deserves great credit.
Bushopg will catch of the coming Balti-
more games. The features of the game were
the battery WORK of weighing and Miigan. and
Stovey's hitting. Score:
z st .ssis4 g /! LID 3
Earned runs-st; Louis 2; Athletics: s. Two
ruthers. Stolen bases2o'Neii comi.toy O. Ca
rqthers, t3) Robinson, King Lyons. Double play
Caruthers weighing, King (2). Lyons Robinson,
Mann; Larkin t2). Hit BY pitched ball-,Comiskey.
King, 2; by Weighing, s.: Passed balls-Boyle 1;
Latham. 2, Wild pitchooKing, |. Errors-st- Louis,
CLEVELAND 16; METRoPoL1TANs, f.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 20.-The Metropolitans
made futile attempt to play ball here to-day,
and the exLeague pitcher Weidman and the
whole tribe were simply massacred The Cleve-
land batters pounded Weidman mercilessy all
all through the game, and his field gave him no
support at all. Strickers and Hotalings safe
hit records were remarkable, the former making
one three Dagger and three singles and the latter
three two baggers and one single. Carroll also
made threebase hit and two singles The
Cevelands fielded pretty game. Jones was
the only visitor who could handle the ash. He
made half of the hits scored by his side. Score:
Cleveland o Ole
Metropolitans ---... o 1 O.
Earned runs-Cleveland, z; Metro politans, 3. Two
base hits-Hotaing 81, Morrison. Three-base hits
Stricken Carroll. Jones. Stolen bases-Stricker,
Radford. Double p!ays-Mckean Stricken and Reip-
schlager Jones and Hobert; Haukinson Gerhardt and
Holbert. Errors-Clevelsnd, 4: Metropolitans, s.
First base on balls-Roseman. Radford First base
on errors-Cleveland 3; Metropolitans. 3. Struck
out-Cleveand 4; Metropolitans, H. Passed balls
Holbert i; Donohue, 1. Wild pitch-Wedman Time
--2:3O. Umpire-Bauer.
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Stylish Cheese-ParinE.
!
London Trut

The French aristocrat knows when to show
off and when to save, and how to give stylish
air to cheese pairing. Just now, when every one
who is any body is supposed to be out OF town,
and Paris is nearly as full ever 1t is modest
to dine at cheap restaurants. amuse ones self at
the fair of Batignoes, and drive, in taking air.
ngs, in open hack. The country cousins or
foreigners only at the expense of dear and
pretentious hotel equpages. Luxury Of the os-
tentatious kind is vulgar in summer.
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C-h-o-oI C-h-o-o!! C-h-o-o.i!

Don't sneeze, sneeze, hawk, howk. spit blow,
and disgust everybody with your offensive
breath If you have acrid, watery discharges
from the nose and eyes, throat disease. causing
choking sensations, cough, ringing noises In
head splitting headache and other symptoms of
nasal catarrh, emember that the manufacturers
of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good
faith $500 reward for a case of catarrh which
they cannot cure The remedy ID sold by all
druggists at only so cents.
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Slain NV His Som.

INDIANA, Pa, Aug. 20-Wm. Byers. this morn
ing shot and instantly killed his father, John s.
Byers. The Byers lived about nine miles north
of Indiana The father wanted the to pillow,
and an alteration occurred, resulting in the
son, aged nineteen. drawing revolver and
shooting the father through the heart The
son claims the shooting was in self defense. He
was arrested and brought here TO jail The
neighborhood is excited, aud there Is talk of
lynching the patricde.
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upon him by Prince Bismarck's speech in Parlia-
ment regarding war scares. The Kaiser is SAID
to have replied: bah; it was needless to attach
SO great Importance to IT Bismarck cooks as
he wishes, but that is reason why one should
eat everything that is cooked. When / find a
dish too strong, strike it from the menu
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BURLINGTON Free Press.
Mr. Popinjay-"Womans curiosity amuses
me-"
Mrs. Popinjay-"Aha, by the way, what's the
stain on your handl'
Mr. Popinjay-'Paint. was coming by
BLOSSOMS fence and just touched my finger to it
to see il it was dry